One Year Married
The other day I was going through the photos on my phone. I was trying to delete some photos to create some storage space for an upcoming trip. During this clean out I came across mine and Jared’s anniversary trip. I had planned a little weekend getaway to Park City to celebrate out one year married. Let recap, shall we.
Our first morning was started with breakfast at Ruth’s Diner up Emigration Canyon. Halfway through our breakfast I realized I forgot the gift cards for our anniversary dinner at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse. Lucky for me Jared was very cool about having to drive back to our house to pick up the gift cards and then head up to Heber Valley. Our next activity on the list was snowmobiling. It was a first for both Jared and I. Going into snowmobiling I was nervous thinking I wasn’t going to like it and Jared was so excited. By the end, I ended up loving it and Jared not so much. We went through the orientation and got acquainted with the route in which we were going to drive the snowmobile. When we moved locations to pick up the machine, Jared had accidentally walked onto unpacked snow and he ended up with his entire leg swallowed by the snow hole. We both had a good chuckle. I wish I had a photo of him like that.
Jared started out driving and slowly my nerves settled. We were making our way up the mountain and the snow started coming down. About 20 minutes in, Jared and I switched places. Turns out the cold wind on his eyes made it hard for him to see. Plus the poor boy isn’t made to be a heater like me. By the end I was extremely comfortable driving the snowmobile and would definitely go again. Jared said the one time was good for him. I felt bad he didn’t have as much fun as he was expecting, but hey, now we know!
We then made our way to the Midway Ice Castles. I’ve always wanted to go just because it seems like the happening place, but I could never justify driving up to Midway for a 1 hour activity. When I was making the plans for our trip I saw the Castles would still be open so I asked Jared if he would go with me. Lucky for me, he humored me. We went, took a few pictures, and left. Turns out it is only cool if you have kids and if the castles aren’t melting on you.
For dinner we wanted to eat at a mom and pop shop. At least that is what I wanted. So we picked Granny’s Drive In. For us, this was a life changing meal. The food was good but we LOVED the shake. It was the thick above the rim shake. We loved it so much that we made a special trip back to Heber to get another one.
Our Hotel was in Park City so after dinner we made the small trek back north. We stayed at Park City Peaks Hotel. We would recommend. Not that we spent a lot of time there but we loved the underground parking since it was snowing the entire weekend. On our actual anniversary day, we had dinner at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse. Jared had never heard of the place and I had been wanting to go for YEARS. When I made the reservation I let them know it was our anniversary so they had decorated our table with rose petals and everyone kept wishing us a happy anniversary. We both ordered the filet steak and it was dreamy, melt in your mouth steak. I didn’t know steak could melt in your mouth. At the end of the dinner they gave us a free dessert. We got a peanut butter cheesecake and it was delicious.
The last day of our trip we swam at the Midway Crater. This has been a bucket list item for me for a long time. As I’m recapping the entire weekend it is really hitting me that I just made Jared help me knock some things off my bucket list. But hey, what are husbands for? ANYWAYS, swimming in the crater was so much fun. I struggle with bodies of water and Jared was so patient with me while I acclimated to the situation. He is just great like that. After the hour of swimming we both agreed we would go swimming in the crater again.
Basically we loved spending the entire weekend together trying new places and things. Jared is easily my favorite human so I’m glad he picked me to love forever.
Some pictures might be low quality but they capture high quality time.
